Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,358, Joseph Force, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Force, Joseph
S. 34,358
CONTENTS

2165
New Jersey
Joseph Force Capt Ogden private
New Jersey line 79 War
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 d of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Aug t 1818. and sent to Gabriel H. Frost, Esq r Monistitown, New Jersey.
Arrearages to 4 th  Sept r 1818.
5 Mos 6/30. $ 41. 60.
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
✓ ✓

Relocation Sunk September 18. 1820 to
Lower Conduit of Morrisstown N Jersey
Reinitiated July 19. 1821
Start as above

State of New Jersey, Morris County Ys: Be it known that on the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eigh- teen, before me Gabriel H. Ford Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris, in the State of New Jersey, and President of said Court, at Morristown in the County of Morris aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Force of the town- ship of Hanover in said County, who being duly sworn, doth declare, depose and say, That he this deponent served as a private soldier, in the war of the Revolution, against the Common enemy, or the Continental Es- tablishment for the full term of four years and more. And this deponent further saith that he enlisted under Lieutenant Samuel Seely, at Middle Brook in the State of New Jersey sometime in April seventeen hun- dred and seventy nine. That shortly after this he was placed in Captain Aaron Ogden's Company, belonging to the first New Jersey Regiment of the New Jersey line. which Regiment was commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden. That he this de- ponent continued with & served in the said Company, Regiment and Line from the time of his being so placed in them as aforesaid, until the end of the Revolutionary war; and that this deponent on or about the fifth day of June seven- teen hundred and eighty three was dis- charged by a regular discharge, which is lost. And this deponent further saith, that the document hereto annexed, endorsed

"Exhibit N o one", (which indorsement is subscribed by the said Gabriel H Ford) is in the proper hands writing of the said Aaron Agder. And this deponent further declaring saith, that he is a resident Citizen of the United States, that he is in reduced circumstances in life and in need of assistance from his Country for support, and that no pension has been heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States - and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn before me the day year first above written
Joseph Grover
Gab H Ford,
I Gabriel H Ford Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris etc. and President of said Court, do certify that I am satisfied that the above mentioned deponent Joseph Ford served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy for the time and in the manner set forth in said deposition, on the continental establishment, which testimony I transmit to the Secretary of the department of war agreeably to the Act of Congress in such case made provided - Given under my hand this third day of April eight hundred and eighteen -
Gab H Ford,

I do hereby certify that the Bearer Mr Joseph Stone was a soldier in the revolutionary army war and that he served in the first New Jersey in the continental establishment regiment, in the company under my command, until the end of the revolutionary war, and that he continued in that service for more than four years. Dated Elizabeth Jan. 31. March 1828.
Witnessed by Warren Agassiz
William Agassiz Este Captain in first New Jersey Regt

State of New Jersey County of Morris, ss:
I Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the County of Morris, do certify that Gabriel H. Ford Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit is made, is, and was at the time thereof, duly enrolled "President of the several and respective Courts of Oyer & Terminer and General goal delivery, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, General quarter sessions of the peace, and Orphan Court of the County of Morris" and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this third day of April A Eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Robert H. McCarter

This may certify that Joseph Force served in the New Jersey line, & chiefly in the first New Jersey Regiment for the term of four years upon the Continental establishment, & continued therein as a faithful soldier to the end of the revolutionary war in seventeen hundred & eighty three - Elizabeth town July 13 - 1818
Iona: Dayton formerly Capt. in the New Jersey line -
From my own knowledge of the above named Joseph Force I certify to the best of my knowledge & belief the above certificate is a true statement of his services in the Revolutionary Army
E. L. Whittlock late Lt. Col. Adj. Genl.

Joseph Forre
Capt. Aaron Ogden's Co.
1 st New Jersey Regt.
J. Forre's name is not to be found on the old register, but the name of Capt. Aaron Ogden, appears on record as also Col. Ogden.
(New Jersey roll)
Perhaps Genl. Bloomfield can say whether this app. served in the militia or in the regular service —
The Judge must certify that the claim is in good faith for a just cause.

New Jersey, Morris County ss: Be it remembered that on the thirty first day of July eighteen hundred & eighteen, before me Gabriel H Ford one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county of Morris aforesaid and President of said court, personally appeared again Joseph Force the deponent in the foregoing deposition mentioned, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that the signatures of Jona Dayton and E. L. Whitlock, to the Certificate hereto annexed (marked by me Exhibit N o Two) are in the true and proper hand writing of the said Jona Dayton & E. L. Whitlock respectively, which Certificate the Deponent saith he hath procured as supplementary evidence of his services, and further saith not. Sworn before me the day & year last above mentioned.
Joseph Force
Gab H Ford,
I Gabriel H Ford do certify that Joseph Force the foregoing Deponent is a person in indigent circumstances and needs assistance from his country for support. Witness my hand this thirty first day of July eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Gab H Ford,
State of New Jersey ss: I Robert H M c Cartor Clerk of the County of Morris do hereby certify that Gabriel H Ford Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit is made is and was at the time thereof duly enrolled President of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 1 st day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Robert H. M c Cartor

Joseph Force
2165 Hanover $292-52
not entitled
Aug 7 1818.
Sep r 1818.
See

District of New-Jersey, } ss. Morris County, }
On this 10 th day of July, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Morris-Town, in and for the County of Morris, in the term of July, in the year aforesaid. [The said court being a court of record, possessing a seal, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping records of its proceedings, and its Judgments being removeable by writ of error only]
Joseph Force aged sixty years, resident in the township of Hanover in said county, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the U. S. Army of the Revolution for the term of four years and eight months in 1 st Regiment under Col o . Matthias Ogden in Capt a Aaron Ogden's Company in the St. John's line that his declaration for a pension was made on or about the 3 rd April 1818. and his certificate of pension is numbered 2,165-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That I am sixty years of age by occupation a farmer or laborer but disabled from pursuing it except to a trifling amount, owing to a peculiar weakness of my Stomach and Bowels, producing a universal tremor on making any considerable exertion - My family consists of my wife, named Mary, aged sixty years or thereabouts very lame in her right arm, occasioned by a stroke of Palsy, and which renders her unable to milk her Cow. - Also one Grand Daughter aged nine years who depends on me for her support, her father being absent and contributes nothing to her living
Sworn to and declared the 10 th day of July, 1820 before Gabe H Ford
Joseph Force

SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing deposition of
Joseph Forre
This deponent has no real estate in his own right, he occupies a house of wood built about 30 years past & 30 Acres of Land, 15 Acres thereof are improved and the remainder is unimproved. Which property he has a life estate in, deriving it from his first wife, and after his decease it is to devolve to this deponent's children in virtue of the will of the Uncle of his said wife who was the owner of said land - His personal property is as follows - viz - 1 Cow & Calf, 1 Hog, 1 old plow, 2 old tubbs, 4 old chains, 4 old barrels 1 Iron pot Skittle, 1 Teakettle, 2 Iron Andirons, Shovel & Stong, 2 old chairs, 12 Earthen plates, 6 old knives and forks, 6 Iron Spoons, 2 Sters, 1 Iron Shovel, 1 Teapot & 8 cups, 8 Sauces, 1 Meat barrel, 1 Grid iron, half brush, 2 Measured Skiffboards & an iron, 1 Axe, 3 Cedar barrels, 1 watering pot, 2 Hens & Cus, 3. pans & 3 old Mugs, 1 pitch fork, 2 Rakes, - This deponent has no notes, no bonds, no securities of any kind for the payment of Money, This deponent is indebted to the following named persons, in the following sums, viz - Mary Vail twenty dollars, James Tuttle twenty dollars, Daniel Beach thirteen dollars, William Britton thirteen dollars, Ephraim P. Stiles nine dollars, Wm M c Farlane three dollars, Walter Wilmore three dollars, Joshua Lowden nine dollars, Timothy Tuttle two dollars, Silas Tuttle two dollars, Also this deponent has assumed or second security for a debt of twenty dollars due to Charles M c Mathus which he expects to be compelled to pay - Amounting in the whole to the sum of One hundred and fourteen dollars, all of which he justly owes, and expects to pay, if he should hereafter be called on to do -
Sworn to and declared to the 10 th day of July 1820 before Gat H Ford
Joseph Forre

State of New Jersey, } ss. County of Morris. }
I, Robert H. McCarter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Morris, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do hereby further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred and ninety two dollars and thirty two cents — $292.32 —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.
Robert H. McCarter, Clerk of the Court for the County of Morris —

mmms am
January 9, 1925
Nanie Vale 948 South Arch Ave., Alliance, Ohio.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 34358 it appears that Joseph Force enlisted at Middlebrook, New Jersey in April 1779, and served as a private in Captain Aaron Ogden's Company, Colonel Matthias Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment. He was in several battles, none named but the Siege of Yorktown, and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818 while a resident of Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey.
In 1820 he was aged sixty years and referred to his first wife whose name is not stated, and to his then wife Mary aged sixty years. He also referred to his children and to a granddaughter aged nine years, their names not

given.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name of New Jersey found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Date of death not on AB
Acting Commissioner.

Schedule runs thus
"This Respondent has no Real estate in his own right - he occupies a House of Wood built about 20 years past & 30 acres of land, 15 acres whereof are improved - which property he has a life estate in."
Personal property, little
Small -
age 60 - farmer - Inform-
wife 60 - inform, had a stroke of
Paralysis - one Grandchild
aged 9 yrs -
Serv. 4 yrs & 8 months

Los Angeles Cal. Apr. 15, -1905. Commission of Pensions. Washington D.C. Dear Sir, -
Will you kindly give me the military and Pension record of Joseph Force who is said to have been in Capt Ogden's Co., First Reg. N.J. Troops, in Revolu- tionary War, and to have been pen- sioned in 1818, and also when last payment was made.
Yours truly
Jacob F. Force 1103 W. 30 St.

34358 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,358
Joseph Force Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 187
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

apl. 28, 1905 Hist. to Jacob F. Force, Los Angeles, Calif. 1925- Jacob F. Hist. to Marie Fale. N.Y.

Jane Bain Chapter N. S. D. A. R.
Alliance, Ohio Dec 19. 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir:
I am requesting the military record of Joseph Force or DeForce of Monmouth County New Jersey, who fought in the American Revolution.
Thanking you I am Very Truly.
Hattie Vale.
949. S. Arch. Ave.,
Registrar

to the honorable secretary of War at the seat of government site
Washington
Dec 12 1847

hannover morris county state of new jersey december the 14 1820 sur int trouble I set down to in from your owner of my troubled jam in Oct and no not how to get out and and I am old and weary in furme I am in my 61 year and I have spent my young days in the old Revoluti War I was listed in the year 79 During the War and served my country faithfully as soldier out to Sur for the Liberty that your owner and I enjoy Liberty of Conscience where every man can worship god I have fought three Battles sore and suffered I gained all the last Battle of was in was taking Lord Corn Wallis in Verancy at York town in october the 19 1781 it Request me to see him march out and his army and ground their arms But now I have listed in the army of our Lord Jesus Christ and have often prayed for your owner and all that is in it thereby as god has commanded us to do and now sur I am going to inform your owner I have the use of a Bill property But I expect that they will sell my Bill to it my lifetime then in case I must go on the town which if government would grant me my pension I could pay my debts and keep out of the town Besides my wife is so crippled and I have ten absent children to take care of I hope sur you will make your one case and grant me Relief may god direct you and bless you in this world and in the world to come Life & everlasting so far as you unworthy so for christ Joseph Moore